IMS is experiencing high growth within the aerospace industry and require some additional sub-contract auditors for the AS9100 and AS9120 standards.
If you are interested or know of anyone who would be interested then please contact IMS through the contact details on our website.
Its many years behind schedule and Millions of Dollars over budget but it looks like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally about to take off. The Dreamliner is approximately 50% composite which is relatively new technology when applied to the aerospace industry and probably a large factor in the delays to the aircraft.
I wonder if Boeing get in trouble for late deliveries as I know their suppliers get in trouble?
At an event at Boeing’s facility in Everett, Washington, Administrator Babbitt presented Boeing executives with two certificates for the design and production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with Rolls-Royce engines.
“Today’s achievement could not have been possible without the professionalism and dedication of the FAA team involved in the certification,” said Administrator Babbitt. “The engineers, inspectors and flight test pilots all worked diligently to ensure our high safety standards were met.”
Boeing made its initial application to the FAA on March 28, 2003 and the program was launched in April 2004. The first 787 rollout ceremony was on July 8, 2007 at Boeing’s Everett assembly factory. The airplane first flew on Dec. 15, 2009, and the six flight test airplanes have since accumulated more than 4,645 flight hours, with approximately 25 percent of those hours flown by FAA flight test crews. More than 200,000 hours were logged by FAA technical experts who were involved in the type certification of the 787.
The airplane will use 20 percent less fuel and produce less noise compared to similarly sized airplanes. It was designed and manufactured by suppliers and partners around the world and integrated at final assembly. The 787 incorporates many capabilities of the nation’s Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen.
The European Safety Agency (EASA) also issued a same day validation of the FAA Type Certificate of the 787.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued on Friday 26 August 2011 to Boeing a Type Certificate for the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. This EASA certificate recognises that Boeing has demonstrated compliance to the EASA Type Certification Basis with applicable airworthiness and environmental requirements.
When handing over EASA type-certificate to Boeing, Patrick Goudou, EASA Executive Director said: “This is a great achievement. I am particularly proud of the dedication and efficiency demonstrated by EASA certification teams in dealing with new certification challenges such as the use of composite material which account for more than 50% of the aircraft’s primary structure”.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and EASA worked closely together during the certification of the aircraft, the FAA being the primary authority for all American designs, and EASA the validating authority. Boeing received the FAA Type Certificate simultaneously at a joint ceremony organised Friday in Seattle.
Type certification is a prerequisite to the first delivery to airline customers. The Boeing 787-8 has now completed all certification requirements prior to its entry into service later this year with the Japanese Airline All Nippon Airways (ANA). The first European airline to operate the Boeing 787-8 will be Poland’s national carrier LOT with the first delivery expected in March 2012.
The Boeing 787-8 can carry between 210 and 250 passengers over a distance of 7,650-8,200 nautical miles (14,200-15,200 km). Its in-service record will now be monitored through continuing airworthiness activities.
Above information is courtesy of EASA.
ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy. Targeting broad applicability across national economic sectors, the standard could influence up to 60 % of the world’s energy use.
Energy is critical to organisational operations and can be a major cost, whatever the activities. An idea can be gained by considering the use of energy through the supply chain of a business, from raw materials through to recycling and thinking about not only the cost impact but the environmental impact.
ISO 50001 will provide public and private sector organisations with management strategies to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and improve energy performance.
The standard is intended to provide organisations with a recognised framework for integrating energy performance into their management practices and can be integrated with ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 due to its common elements.
For further information on the ISO 50001:2011 standard, download the publication from the ISO Standards website here
Indonesia and the European Union have finalised an agreement aimed at ending the trade in illegally-sourced wood.
The agreement will mean that EU companies will only be able to import timber that is certified as complying with Indonesian environmental laws.
The East Asian nation possesses some of the world’s most lavish forests, which in turn support spectacular wildlife.
Currently, European countries import about $1.2bn (£720m) worth of timber and paper from Indonesia each year.
This accounts for about one-sixth of the nation’s exports.
Last year, a major assessment concluded that the rate of illegal logging in Indonesia had declined by about 75% over the preceding decade.
Even so, it said, 40% of the timber harvested was illegal.
This was despite an initiative dating back to 2003 in which the government, alongside environmental groups and some companies, attempted to rein in illegal loggers, processors and exporters.
Meanwhile, the US and EU have recently stepped up measures designed to block wood and wood products of illegal origin.
The US amended the Lacey Act so that companies are responsible for making sure their imports are legal, and the totemic Gibson guitar company is among those investigated as a result.
Last year, the European Parliament passed legislation with similar components, which comes into effect in March 2013.
Companies wanting to export to the EU will have to be able to track their products from forest to exporting port.
Independent auditors – yet to be appointed – will be charged with verifying that companies’ tracking is up to standard.
These auditors will report back to a joint Indonesian-EU committee.
Although only exports to Europe are covered by the agreement, the EU hopes that setting up the system will help Indonesia curb illegal logging and illegal exports across the board.
This information is courtesy of the BBC
Further to previous correspondence regarding AS9100 changes, an update to the transition requirements has been made. The deadline for transition remains as the 1st July 2012 and organisations are required to make a formal application to IMS International using the application forms (1 and 1B; both available on the IMS main website); completion of the declaration (also on IMS website) is also required before any auditing activities take place. If you prefer, you are able to submit your own declaration by email, covering letter etc informing IMS that you are conforming to AS9100 revision C.
The days required for AS9100 Rev C transition audits are as follows:
For Multiple Site organisations the transition during their existing audit cycle, IMS are required to:
For Multiple Site organisations that transition during their recertification year, IMS is required to:
Complete the Central Function (Head Office) audit and all sites audits for that recertification cycle to the new AS9100C standard prior to recertification.
If you would like to download and complete the application forms and declarations then visit the IMS website and go to the Documents Page
IMS International successfully passed their Annual UKAS audit today in order to maintain Accreditation to supply certification services for ISO 9001:2008.
Well done to all the staff at IMS for their efforts in maintaining the systems, lets continue to develop, grow and improve.
A number of changes have been made to the IMS website; additional comments from client’s have been included onto the customer satisfaction page and some of the comments have been added to a number of other pages.
A number of new documents have been added to the Documents page which include some UKAS brochures which you may wish to use for awareness training and raising the profile of using UKAS Accredited Certification/Inspection Bodies.
One of the major changes are the links at the bottom of each page, IMS now have a Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook page and you can sign up to follow us on any of these by simply clicking the buttons. You will also find the links to the right hand side of the blog page.
Social Media is a growing form of communication and allows for instant updates on the go. We will aim to bring relevant information to our clients which they may not generally have access to, some of this will include industry changes and potential business leads.
If you haven’t already got an account with either of the social media tools you can sign up for free by clicking on the links on our website or blog.
If you have any issues during the signing up process then please do not hesitate to contact us.
The below information is taken from the BBC website:
A Paris court has said Continental Airlines was “criminally responsible” for the crash of a Concorde supersonic jet 10 years ago, and fined it 200,000 euros (£170,000).
It has also been ordered to pay 1m euros to the jet’s operator Air France.
A Continental mechanic, John Taylor, was given a 15-month suspended prison sentence over the crash.
Continental has said it will appeal, saying the verdict is “absurd” and “only protects French interests”.
Another airline operative, Stanley Ford, and three French officials were cleared.
The Concorde caught fire shortly after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris in July 2000, killing 113 people.
The court ruled that the crash was caused by a piece of metal left on the runway after falling from a Continental jet. Investigators said this caused a tyre-burst in the Concorde, which in turn ruptured a fuel tank.
The judge in the case confirmed investigators’ findings that titanium debris dropped by a Continental DC-10 onto the runway at Charles de Gaulle airport before the Concorde took off was to blame.
Mr Taylor should not have used titanium parts to make repairs on the DC-10 because the metal was known to be too dangerous for aeroplane tyres, and he should have used a softer metal, aluminium, instead, the court found.
Continental had disputed this interpretation, saying the airliner, operated by Air France, was already in flames before it hit the small piece of titanium.
“While we agree with the court’s decision that Stanley Ford was innocent of the charges he faced and we share his relief that his decade-long nightmare is over, we strongly disagree with the court’s verdict regarding Continental Airlines and John Taylor and will of course appeal this absurd finding,” a UK-based Continental spokesman said in a statement.
“Portraying the metal strip as the cause of the accident, and Continental and one of its employees as the sole guilty parties, shows the determination of the French authorities to shift attention and blame away from Air France, which was government-owned at the time and operated and maintained the aircraft, as well as from the French authorities responsible for the Concorde’s airworthiness and safety.”
Compensation
Financial claims were not the trial’s focus, but apportioning blame was, says the BBC’s Christian Fraser in Paris.
However, the court ruled that Continental should pay 70% of any compensation claims to the families of victims. Aerospace group EADS was asked to pay the remaining 30%.
Following Monday’s verdict, Air France, which paid out 100m euros in compensation, may decide to seek to reclaim some of that money from Continental.
There is a separate court case taking place over economic compensation for the crash.
Most of the passengers were German tourists heading to New York to join a luxury cruise to the Caribbean. Nine French crew members and four hotel workers also died.
The latest date for the ISO 9001:2008 IRCA Registered Lead Auditor Course has been set for the 7th-11th February 2011. The course teaches you everything you need to know in order to attain your lead auditor status but will also provide you with the knowledge required to perform internal or supplier audits.
The course location has yet to be established but we will update you of this when it has been agreed.
If you would like to book a placement on the course or would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact IMS.
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